Half Byte Loader for OFW 6.60

What is it?

This page is for the “XMB” version of HBL for 6.60, a version of Half-Byte Loader that runs on 6.60 firmware only, without the need for any “exploit” or “hack”.This page is the official Download page for Half-Byte Loader. If you have questions please check the FAQ. For the latest news about Half Byte Loader, check the HBL Category on this blog. Half-Byte Loader (HBL) is an open source Homebrew Loader for the Sony PSP. It allows to play fan-made games on any PSP up to firmware 6.60 included. HBL allows to run emulators for the Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Sega Megadrive, NES, Super NES… and many other applications.

On this page you will find my own works related to the HBL: downloads for the latest version, and other cool stuff.

How to use

Unzip the archive at the root of your psp and run from the XMB. Check the README file of the archive for more info 🙂

More Info

HBL is a work in progress and sometimes it might fail to load your favorite homebrew. However we believe it is harmless for your PSP and I personally test my work on several PSPs before releasing it. We are also confident that this program cannot “brick” your psp and it will not void your Sony Warranty.

HBL is open source, the compiled versions I provide are a compiled version of the sources available freely here

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HBL>Lover most likely not .. if you have a look to the old hbl none of them run filer6.x zou should try lower ver. but not all options does work 100% here is a compatibel list for the 6.39 http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4498 at that subform zou can find two other list!

eva if it doesn´t work you can use a signed ver. of open tube to download videos from youtube. ^^i signed a ver. of go!tube 1.2 which does play videos but for me wifi doesn´t work. Note signed eboots doesn´t work with hbl 🙁

Can someone please tell me some good emulators that work with this version of hbl for 6.60 ofw? I have picodrive, vice for c64 and a nes emu running fine but the snes, mastersystem and gameboy emus that I had running before I stupidly updated my psp dont work now. Also if there is any ps1 emu available or does that require a homebrew? Thanks.

I have a psp 3001 on 6.60 firmware and hbl is working great but I can’t get prometheus to work but picodrive work fine .I wondered if there will be a hen for 6.60 because the lowest hen is 6.39 and I don’t know how to downgrade my psp.I don’t know if my psp is compatable with a pandora battery for the downgrade.

I have psp 3001 firmware 6.60, but when ii go to the HBL it wont load all the way to the menu. It would only Show the things where it has those words in RED and thats it… Do ii have to wait longer or what?

please ask your CFW specific questions on our forums at http://wololo.net/talk . for isos, it’s usually as simple as creating an “ISO2 folder on your memory stick and putting them there. If you have specific questions about specific games, I can’t help you much and you’d rather use the help forums

Hi mr wololo i have a psp3000 vers.6.50 i have already install evrything,it works..but sometimes it can’t load a iso-game..what can be the problem?must i “update” my “hbl”..some plugins for example.. BTW thank u..

To this day it seems that STILL there is NO actual ISO LOADER for OFW 6.60 YET, just for any of you asking, the two possible ways of running ISOs are (without installing a custom firmware of course):

1. Using the 6.60 HEN that it is said to run ISOs by default (not including PSX) tried this on a psp 1000 (fat) and didn’t work, at least that was for me, you had to put your ISOs and CSOs in a folder called ISO in the root of the psp.

2. Using the fake-np method, done that, and worked, when i used it it only accepted ISOs (you can convert CSOs to ISO, dont worry) but there was a size limit (which i think it was about 1.4GiB or something like that) and also uncompresses the ISO so it takes more space, but basically converts your ISO into an EBOOT (signed-homebrew-like) that you place in the /PSP/GAME folder, worked great but took up a lot of space and the size limit wouldn’t let me play heavier games, you can try to look it up if there’s a new version.

Hope this could help someone, thanks wololo ////////////////////////////ESPAÑOL///////////////////////

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